Improved interfering-fad



To all whom it 'may concern:

'lined gtair Letters .Patent No. 94,902,Adated September 14, 1869.

IMPRQVED INTERFERINGPAD.

TheV Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesama.

Be it known that I, WALTER A. LovELAcE, of Richmond, in the county ofBerkshire, and State of Massachusetts, havcinvented a new and improvedInteriering-'Pad; and I doy hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact. description of' the same, reference being had totheaceompanying drawings, which'form part of this specilication.

The diticulties heretofore attending .the use of -interfering-pads havebeen, first, that on account of the v unyielding or non-elastic natureofthe pad-fastenings,

and the attendantevariation inv the circumference of l the horses leg,owing to the distention or relaxation of the. muscles thereof, thevapparatus must, ot' neces sity, either bind the leg 4too tightly whilethe muscles are distended, as, for instance, when the leg is snstainingthe Weight ot the body, or else must fit too loosely while the musclesare more relaxed, as, for example, when the leg is lifted from theground-in the former case inflicting not only pain, but also injury tothese diliiculties, and thereby remedy their attendant evils; and tothis end,

The apparatnsconsists of an interfering-pad, constructed or providedwith wire or elastic metal-clamps, whereby the end is attained.

'lheinvention also consists in the combination with the above of a pador pad-frame, constructed of elastic wire, in a convolnte form, wherebya better protection is afforded and a more durable apparatus isobtained. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings- Figure l represents aperspective view of an interfering-pad, constructed according tol myinvention; and

Figures 2, 3, and 4 represent 'perspective views of interibring-padsprovided with my elastic-wire clamp,

illustrating its applicability to pads for protecting different partsofthe leg.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaldrawings.

A is an interfering-pad ofthe ordinary construction. To this pad A isattached my elastic-Wire clamps B, in a manner as'shown, so that bytheir elasticity, provision is made for a close but easy fit in thediiierent positions of vthe leg, and under diterent conditions of themuscles thereof. These clamps B are-constructed ofa single piece ofwire, and'are so formed as, in their normal state, to fit, as nearly asis practicable, the transverse form of that portion of the leg uponwhich they are designed to rest. Y

For securing'the apparat'lrls to the leg, after being placed thereon,the extremities of the clamp are connected with each other by means of aleather strap, a, which, being secured in a loop, or ring on one end, ispassed over a hook on the other.

Additional elasticity may, when desirable, be given to the clamps, byforming in the wire, at suitable localities, spring coils b, asrepresented.

A is an elastic-wire pad, or pad-frame, which may be used, incombination with the elastic clamps B, with or without the usual leatherpad A. Said wire pad,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to have secured by LettersPatent, is- A 1. An interfering-pad,provided with wire or elasticmetalclamps, constructed substantially as shown and i described.

2. In combination with the elastic-metal clamps, the pad, or pad-frame,constructed of elastic wire, in a convolute form, substantiallyasspecified.

' WALTER A. LOVELACE.

Witnesses FRED. HAYNES, ARTHUR KINNIER.

